The Rants & Rambles of A Grumpy Old Dude

Flash Fiction #138

It started innocently enough. He and his three friends, sharing an apartment – his stuff, their stuff – his food, their food. Then one night, he had crackers….but only Marco had peanut butter. Take a little now, and replace it after shopping tomorrow. Only, he spent all evening at the library, and stores were closed.

Well, use a bit more, and shop for sure tomorrow. He came home empty-handed to Marco threatening to discover and beat whoever was stealing his food.

Confession is good for the soul. It’s time to come clean.

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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.

It’s fun unless you have to live it. It was sparked by a female co-worker who complained that someone was eating her peanut butter, “And I know who it is, ’cause, like you, she cleans the inside of the jar. I never scrape.” 😯

I envision an abject apology, and a heartfelt promise never to do such a thing again, followed by a bit more testosterone-driven, alpha-male posturing – then pizza will be ordered, and the cold beer dragged out, and by tomorrow, all will be forgotten…. aided by much alcohol. 😳

I loved this week’s ‘Zitz’ colour comic strip, where the kid told his mother that if he went to an online college, he’d never have to get out of bed. She insisted, “That’s what you do now.” But, at least he’d get credit for it. – Now that’s criminal behaviour. 🙄

I would joke about being exposed to short-haired women, and long-haired men, but the biggest threat to modern student living seems to be the loss of the right to openly express opinions not in common public acceptance. 😛